How baton twirling has help improve my daughters behaviour and concerntration and give her something to be proud of!
So breaking this down Attention deficit - Lack of ability to remain focused on the task in hand. The child know what they are suppose to be doing but lacks the skills required to carry the task through.
Through twirling my daughter has managed to learn such skills to some extend. The routines and structure required give her something to focus on, whiles the enjoyment and motivation help her to maintain her attention so that she may learn such skills.
The combinations of twists and twirls and repetitive actions are stored in the permanent part of the brains memory for later use, allowing them to be retrieved more quickly later when required.Alot of children with ADHD only receive short bursts of information that is permanently stored. The rest enters temporally then becomes lost or distort!
Ok and then there's hyperactivity - Constant movement both psychical and though provoked like the flicking of tV channel. Well this gives the child something constructive to do with all the excess energy rather than using to for impulsive random movement. The bouncing around is replaced by constructive+ movements and patterns and the excess energy is used to concentrate on demonstrating the routines required.
Socially it helps the child to develop the concept of taking turns, team work and personal space. It also help them make friends and have a common factor with their peers. This is something alot of children miss out on with formal education as they slip further behind their peers.
The benefits are endless. It has non of the unwanted side effects of other forms of behaviour management and most of all it fun for all!
The Myth
Ok
so we've all heard the stories, the news flashes, the tar about
medicating children and labeling them with the boo boo words to hide the
bad parenting and naughty kids.Good old fashioned discipline's what
they need!
Well to some extent until my daughter was 1 years old id have been on the gravy train with the rest of the sceptics! Then i was too busy chasing, trying to keep up with a very lively child who slept 3/4 hours a night maximum and spent the rest of her time with oodles of energy! junk food no? My daughter didn't eat? Yes you heard that bit right. With multiple sensory problems and food been one of them this energy was coming out of nowhere.
As time went by the the behaviour changed from lobbing herself off the sofa to simply wanting to be awake at all hours! she is very quiet in some situations and very lively at home.
This i have learned is because girl suppress the symptoms until they feel they are in a safe enough environment to let it all out again. Our home life!
Anyway, after years of struggling with her behaviour and the ups and down of medication, it was suggested to me that she joins a local baton twirling group. Haha yes i laughed too! Give a hyperactive child a stick!
Well this may sound crazy but its the best thing we ever did!
Well to some extent until my daughter was 1 years old id have been on the gravy train with the rest of the sceptics! Then i was too busy chasing, trying to keep up with a very lively child who slept 3/4 hours a night maximum and spent the rest of her time with oodles of energy! junk food no? My daughter didn't eat? Yes you heard that bit right. With multiple sensory problems and food been one of them this energy was coming out of nowhere.
As time went by the the behaviour changed from lobbing herself off the sofa to simply wanting to be awake at all hours! she is very quiet in some situations and very lively at home.
This i have learned is because girl suppress the symptoms until they feel they are in a safe enough environment to let it all out again. Our home life!
Anyway, after years of struggling with her behaviour and the ups and down of medication, it was suggested to me that she joins a local baton twirling group. Haha yes i laughed too! Give a hyperactive child a stick!
Well this may sound crazy but its the best thing we ever did!
How this works?
The concept of baton twirling introduces a whole new set of rules that help to develop the skills that a child with attention problems may lack. ADHD stands for Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.So breaking this down Attention deficit - Lack of ability to remain focused on the task in hand. The child know what they are suppose to be doing but lacks the skills required to carry the task through.
Through twirling my daughter has managed to learn such skills to some extend. The routines and structure required give her something to focus on, whiles the enjoyment and motivation help her to maintain her attention so that she may learn such skills.
The combinations of twists and twirls and repetitive actions are stored in the permanent part of the brains memory for later use, allowing them to be retrieved more quickly later when required.Alot of children with ADHD only receive short bursts of information that is permanently stored. The rest enters temporally then becomes lost or distort!
Ok and then there's hyperactivity - Constant movement both psychical and though provoked like the flicking of tV channel. Well this gives the child something constructive to do with all the excess energy rather than using to for impulsive random movement. The bouncing around is replaced by constructive+ movements and patterns and the excess energy is used to concentrate on demonstrating the routines required.
Socially it helps the child to develop the concept of taking turns, team work and personal space. It also help them make friends and have a common factor with their peers. This is something alot of children miss out on with formal education as they slip further behind their peers.
The benefits are endless. It has non of the unwanted side effects of other forms of behaviour management and most of all it fun for all!
